Traffic measures (P2)

Choose the best answer:

1. The reasons for the driving restrictions are the following except ______.

A. making the capital’s sky clearer

B. encouraging rich people to buy two car

C. decreasing Beijing’s traffic jam

D. encouraging people to take public vehicle

2. The underlined word “lift” in the fourth paragraph means ______.

A. 提出 B. 抬升

C. 撤销 D. 改善

3. According to Ye Ruozhou, the best way to reduce traffic jams is ______.

A. to raise the price of petrol taxe

B. to ticket more rule-breaking driver

C. to cut down the output of car factorie

D. to urge drivers to strictly obey traffic rule

4. Why did most citizens support the restrictions in the survey?

A. Because too many cars on the road will disturb their normal life.

B. Because the ban can protect their common rights.

C. Because they can then be free from traffic jams.

D. Because it is thought to be unfair for the rich to own two cars.

Zac is 17 again in new movie (P5)

Choose the best answer:

5. Why is Zac Efron laughing a lot these days?

A. He laughs last and the best.

B. He is admired by his colleagues.

C. He’s one of Hollywood’s hottest young actors.

D. He’s been admitted to a famous university.

6. The italicized phrase “rise above” in the last paragraph means ______.

A. get over B. escape from

C. make up for D. express thanks to

7. Which of the following is NOT true according to the text?

A. Efron presently thinks it a good thing to be teased.

B. Efron is very satisfied with his present life.

C. Efron deferred his university place.

D. Efron wants to go back to school to rebuild his life.

8. We can conclude from the text that ______.

A. Efron was a troublemaker and didn’t work hard at school

B. Efron didn’t go to university although he was accepted

C. Efron loves being teased because he likes to laugh

D. Efron was often made fun of for the big space between his teeth

Tips on how to make your friends roll with laughter (P4)

Choose the best answer:

9. When telling a joke, you should ______.

A. give your listeners some preparation

B. ask the hearers to guess the ending first

C. try not to reveal the ending until the last moment

D. never get your punch line acro

10. Jokes must ______.

A. be funny and kind to everyone

B. be appropriate to the occasion

C. make people laugh and not cry or feel sad

D. achieve a comic effect

11. How do you understand the last sentence “Change is inevitable…except from a drinks machine.”?

A. You can get your change back after drinking.

B. Change shall be given back including from a drinks machine.

C. You often can’t get change from a drinks machine.

D. Change has many meanings just like different drinks.

12. We learn from the text that ______.

A. the more difficult your joke is, the more listeners will laugh

B. the more tension your joke builds up, the stronger your punch line will be

C. the longer your audience thinks about your joke, the more they will appreciate it

D. the stronger your punch line is, the better effect your joke ha

Colorless world (P6)

Choose the best answer:

13. The colorblind like Nathan can’t distinguish

between______.

A. red and green B. brown and green

C. blue and yellow D. purple and blue

14. What color does Cornblatt probably have a problem with according to the text?

A. Red. B. Green. C. Brown. D. All the three.

15. How do the colorblind usually get over their color problems?

A. They check the article’s color.

B. They check clothes’ wrappers.

C. They label their different colored clothes.

D. They turn to others for help.

16. Which of the following is NOT true according to the text?

A. Colorblindness is genetic.

B. There is medicine to cure

colorblindness.

C. Some diseases and chemicals might

cause colorblindness.

D. The ratio between female and male

colorblind is about two thirtieths.

17. If colorblind, you maybe can’t apply for the following majors except ______.

A. painting B. medicine

C. electric automation D. computer science

Key: 1—4 BCDA

5—8 CADB

9—12 CBCD

13—17 ACCBD